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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Danvers    
First Name(s)  Juland    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1826    
Year of Death  1902    
Entry  Born March 19, 1826 : son of Frederick Dawes Danvtrs : educated at King's College, London : entered the E.I.Co.'s home service, 1842 : Private Secretary to two Chairmen of the Court, 1848-53 : on the transfer of India to the Crown, Danvers became, at the India Office, Secretary in the Railway and Telegraph Department, and Deputy Director of Indian Railways, 1858-61 : Government Director of Indian Railways, 1861-92 : Secretary in the Public Works, Railway and Telegraph Departments, 1880-92 : visited India, 1875-6 : wrote the annual official reports on Indian railways presented to Parliament, 1859-82 : was constantly examined before Parliamentary Committees on Railway and Finance questions : K.C.S.I., 1886: retired 1892 : died Oct. 18, 1902.     
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